PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — A person is dead after he was hit by a car early Saturday morning, investigators with the Prince George's County Police Department said.
Officers responded to the 7900 block of Woodyard Road around 2 a.m. after discovering an adult lying unresponsive in the road. That person was pronounced dead on scene, police said.
Investigators said the driver of the striking vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. Police in Prince George's County are still working to determine exactly what led to the deadly crash.
October is National Pedestrian Safety Month. Advocates across Maryland, D.C. and Virginia are pushing for more to be done to protect pedestrians on our area roads.
In D.C. officials say they are speeding up plans to improve road safety projects to protect pedestrians.
But Michelle Anderson, the Director of Operations for the National Road Safety Foundation puts more of the onus on pedestrians and drivers to be safer.
"We definitely need better infrastructure. I'll be one of the first people to say that," she said. "However, with all the infrastructure, with all the technology that we may have, it is an individual that has to control those things. So if we are educated, if we know, if we have these tips in embedded in our in our mind will do better."
Some of her tips for pedestrians include:
- Stay alert at all times, removing earbuds and putting away your cell phone
- Walk on sidewalks and crosswalks, not in between parked vehicles
- If there isn't a sidewalk available, walk as far away from traffic as possible, facing traffic
- Wear bright colors if walking at night
Some tips Anderson shared for drivers are:
- Expect a pedestrian to come from anywhere at any given moment, so keep alert
- Slow down and be prepared to stop when turning or entering a crosswalk
- Never pass vehicles that are stopped at a crosswalk
- Always yield to pedestrians